Southampton boss Ronald Koeman questions Chelsea mentality after poor Premier League start

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RONALD KOEMAN believes Chelsea may have lost some of their winning mentality following their below par start to the season.

 

The reigning Premier League champions are in fourteenth place ahead of the weekend showdown with just two wins from their seven games.

They also have the joint worst defence in the league having conceded 14 goals.

 

Captain John Terry has lost in place in the team as Jose Mourinho attempts to recifty their faltering start.

And Koeman feels the lack of consistency in selection defensively is proving costly.

 

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He said: "Maybe they have lost a bit of that winning mentality. [And] they are making more changes [in defence] than last year.

"Everyone can have a tough start, maybe defensively they have lost a little bit [of quality], if you look at the goals they have conceded, it is a big difference to last year, so maybe they have lost a little bit.

"[But] we have to play on a higher level. 

 

"We can't lose balls we lost last weekend [against Swansea City] because they will punish you. 

"They have a very fast transition, you have to play compact and good counter-attacking football, and in all aspects have to be better than last year.

"We know we can have a good result if we play at our level because we had two draws against them last year, that belief we had last year we have to show again."